Something to die for: Work, colour and music can stop Kenya-style cult deaths

Cultism

Kenyan pastor Paul Mackenzie, who heads the Good News International Church, told his followers to starve themselves to death to meet Jesus – and they believed.

The number of bodies found at the ranch of Kenyan pastor Paul Mackenzie outside the coastal town of Malindi went over 100 as the week closed. Mackenzie, who heads the Good News International Church, told his followers to starve themselves to death to meet Jesus – and they believed.

The death toll is likely to rise as security officials dig up his farm in Shakahola forest in search of bodies, and the more than 210 people missing are accounted for.